- From: Ralph R. Swick <swick@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 09:43:23 -0500
- To: Naveen K Bandreddi <nkb5171@omega.uta.edu>
- Cc: www-rdf-interest@w3.org
At 07:16 PM 3/3/2001 -0500, Naveen K Bandreddi wrote: > > > Dear Sir, > > Could you please tell me what <s:> and <v:> stands for in RDF. I >couldn't understand whether is it a syntax in RDF or it varies and what it >actually specifies.Can I use <z:> or any letter instead of <s:> and <v:>. Those are 'namespace prefixes' and follow the XML Namespace specification. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names Please refer to that specification for the permitted characters in a namespace prefix. The examples in section 2.2.2 of the RDF Model and Syntax specification http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-rdf-syntax-19990222 omit the namespace declarations; they would be the same as shown in section 2.2.1. No sample declaration of the 'v' prefix was shown in the specification; this is certainly confusing. This other namespace was just meant to be different from the previous ones, showing that properties from different namespaces can be mixed together. I have added a note about this to the erratat document http://slow1.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-rdf-syntax-19990222/errata Regards, Ralph Swick W3C/MIT
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